#353 - We Play "The Thing: Infection At Outpost 31"

We are joined this week by Jordan Furtado and Gina Mastrostefano! Our pals at Project Raygun sent us a copy of their board game "The Thing: Infection At Outpost 31" and this week we played it! We knew NOTHING about how to play this game going in...and that shows! Listen to us struggle with the rules, figure out the rules, then break the rules as we play through a round of this game. Did The Thing destroy us all, or did the humans escape the outpost and save humanity? Listen up!!!!
- Brad

#352 - The Crushing Weight of Responsibilities and Black Panther

After some quick plugs, Chuck tells us all about some ridiculous "adult" responsibility things he's had to deal with recently. After he finishes relating his tale(s) of woe, we wonder aloud if adult life is just going to be like this forever. We try to find the good in the situations and laugh at how poorly I would have fared in similar situations. Chuck tells me about his amazing Valentine's dinner, I relate the story of my very good Pal-entine's Dinner. We talk about the great time (and sandwiches) we had at The Malted Barley's beer release party. After that, we dive into our spoiler-free review of the new movie Black Panther. Once we finish our impressions there, we let everyone know we're going to dive into spoilers and then do so.
- Brad


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#351 - Streaming Music, The Venom Trailer, and Chuck vs. Best Buy

Once we promote our social media accounts and our upcoming shows, we get started with some listener emails! The concept of streaming music versus the concept of owning music, live streaming and the future of the internet, voice actors versus Hollywood actors for voice acting jobs, digital comics versus print comics, and stickers on fruit. We discuss them all with the expected amount of aplomb. From there, we talk about the Venom teaser trailer and our feelings on the movie, and Chuck gives me some exciting news about one of our favorite bands. We talk about cringeworthy things we've (I've) done in the name of love. We close with a story of Best Buy's terrible customer service toward Chuck and end on a cliffhanger - will Best Buy do the right thing, or will they expose themselves as a soulless corporation, incapable of empathy and therefore undeserving of fair treatment?
- Brad

#350 - Brad's Dad's Comic Strips, The Cloverfield Paradox, and Chuck Defeats A Troll

Once we promote our social media accounts and our upcoming shows, I tell Chuck about the comic strips my dad mailed to me. Like, in the mail. The postal service. Not electronic. Snail mail. We talk about the sweet enamel pins we received from our friends at eerie Face, then Chuck tells me about his fancy dinner at the Dorrance in Providence. We talk about a listener's email, then our experience with the Super Bowl. After the Super Bowl, we watched The Cloverfield Paradox and talk about our feelings on the movie itself and also its place in cinema/streaming history. We discuss Chuck's computer drama at length and how it was saved by Backblaze, who is also a new sponsor of the podcast. We close out the episode by Chuck relating a tale of confronting an internet troll and having the situation work out in kind of the best way possible.
- Brad